The Amateur

~ written for the contest "If God would have given you a virtue.." Thanks for the invitation Al ~

art ~ Todd White

 

 

Eat, Pray, Love

not necessarily in that order

I mean, really…

a girl has to work up an appetite

 

and she has an appetite that would put

Madame Bovary to shame

 

She rushes in on A Street Car Named Desire

a breathless sashay of curvy hips

followed shortly thereafter by a somewhat sarcastic smile

as if she’s holding back

The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

 

But it’s her To Kill a Mockingbird glance

that gives her away

sizing up the competition

as she singles out her next and possible

Final Target

 

Secretly hoping The Scarlet Letter is visible

just for conversation sake of course

 

And while some bow in her Kiss or Kill Me Eclipse

I sit back and sigh…

 

The Cult of the Amateur

 

A Book of Love Poetry is much more of an aphrodisiac

 

Oh well…

 

 Cheers!

Author's Note

I included the titles of some of my favorite books to lighten the mood of this little rant. (written for the woman that turned our friendship into a competition ~ I pity you)

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

Oh, the attitude in this one rocks, GF! :) She sizes up her targets.....and truly she never enjoys it when she gets them, does she? Great character study and I loved seeing so many titles of good books woven into your lines. If she tried to turn your friendship into a competition, you just won, hands down. Good one, Julie. Lydi**

[MsJewel]

Thank you Lydi. I believe you may remember who this one is for - and thankfully she is not trolling the halls of WC... Hugs, Julie

[Lydia Shutter]

Oh, yea, I remember......how could I forget? LOL

[MsJewel]

Like a bad dream.....

[Lydia Shutter]

She would be laughed off this site so in a way we are lucky things happened as they did.

[♔ CrownedDevil &#..]

I like your attitude in this poem. :)

[MsJewel]

Thank you :) Julie

[♔ CrownedDevil ☾]

Your very welcome. :)

[Alfred Kukitz]

I have to say you through me off with this one Julie but I can't say enough about hoe I enjoyed it.

[MsJewel]

Thank you Alfred :) Julie

[TheLastEclipse]

Bite and wit. I love this... My God.
And you say your poetry is not unique. It's all you MsJewel. It is yours and it is beautiful.

[The Twin Arenas]

it's a bitter piece, but doesn't sound like misplaced bitterness. I hate it when this s**t happens.
glad you got it out of your system.

[MsJewel]

Thank you for your kind words :) Julie

[Pushkar Prabhat]

Class A attitude!
refreshing unique piece of damn good poetry!
i loved it!
:)

[MAD ENGLISHMAN]

A departure from your normal style. I liked the lighthearted imagery.
I loved the flow.
Good one.

[Coyote Poetry]

I needed this poem today. Alive and positive words and thoughts.
"She rushes in on A Street Car Named Desire
a breathless sashay of curvy hips
followed shortly thereafter by a somewhat sarcastic smile"
I like the above lines. The book of love had many chapters. I like this one. Thank you for the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[willweb]

I have no idea what you author's notes in parenthesis mean and that is a good thing, for me. But your poem Julie, it really didn't come across to me as a rant. I suppose because everything I read from you is so beautiful, I couldn't see anything but beauty. I really enjoy your poetry.

[SPINNING ON that dizzy ..]

Very fun and clever and entertaining. It is such a sweet little tease. Good word choice and rhythm. You sent it out there and it was cute.

[Troy Henson]

mmmmm keep friends close and enemies closer I say. Nicely done Julie. Very strong piece.

Troy

[MsJewel]

Thank you Troy :) Julie